Second Congressional District Congressman Troy Carter began his “Building A Better Louisiana Infrastructure Tour” in the state today.

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Authorities now say it will be Sunday when Entergy crews repair power lines that were damaged in that Tuesday afternoon helicopter crash on I-10 along the Bonnet Carre Spillway Bridge.  The pilot killed in the copter crash has been identified as 42-year-old Joshua Hawley of Galvez.

As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 becomes more prominent here in Louisiana, Tulane epidemiologist, Dr. Susan Hassig is fearing yet another surge in the virus.  Dr. Hassig indicates that the clinical jury is still out on just how dangerous Omicron is compared to the known impact of the Delta variant.

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Today, the state reported 48 new Omicron cases in Louisiana, bringing the total to 93, 77 probable and 16 confirmed.

State police are investigating an officer-involved shooting near Duson in Lafayette Parish. It happened around 7:30 Tuesday morning as sheriff’s deputies investigated a car with a possible stolen license plate. The passenger surrendered peacefully, but Trooper Thomas Gossen said the driver had other ideas.

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Deputies found the 41-year-old Lafayette man at a home suffering from gunshot wounds.